Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Leeds meanwhile he interested himself in educational ventures and became widely known for public service . |
| 2 | In 1958 Thomas was promoted group captain and two years later was posted to the Royal Australian Air Force , where he commanded the Tottenham station at Melbourne and became affectionately known as ‘ Father ’ . |
| 3 | In 1628 Cecil married Anne ( died 1649 ) , the Catholic daughter of Thomas Arundell ( first Baron Arundell of Wardour , q.v. ) , and became firmly identified with the Catholic faction . |
| 4 | With an effort she looked away and made some remark to one of the schoolteachers and became consciously absorbed in the conversation which followed . |
| 5 | In 1966 , Bechuanaland gained its independence and became officially known as the Republic of Botswana . |
| 6 | Marks opened an office in New York in 1910 and became closely associated with Thomas Edison as patent agent , advocate , and personal confidant . |
| 7 | The web spread and became more entangled . |
| 8 | A few days after his birth , as she pulled herself to life and became indissolubly bound by bonds of tender passion to the helpless being she had created , she had wanted to kill him lovingly herself . |
| 9 | One who had arrived there as the convulsions started was Charlton Heston who achieved almost instant stardom and became especially known for his appearances in the biblical epics . |
| 10 | During the evening his wife was very nervous and became extremely agitated when the British guns started up , the shells passing over the village with a loud roar . |
| 11 | For while she returned her kingdom to full doctrinal and liturgical conformity with Rome , many English Protestant exiles fled their homeland and took up residence in Strasbourg , Zurich , Emden , Frankfurt , and Geneva , where they gained first-hand experience of the Zwinglian and Calvinist forms of Protestantism , and became fully immersed in the Calvinist theology of grace and salvation . |
| 12 | This talked about tormentosas , con gran aparato eléctrico , and we experienced one of these during an evening stroll up above the town and got completely drenched . |
| 13 | He tried both of these old tricks on Eleanor and got thoroughly told off . |
| 14 | Ellie ran upstairs , threw off her old blouse and skirt and her much darned stockings , and got hurriedly dressed in her Sunday best , yet another variation on the plain black dress with detachable collar and cuffs she had been wearing for as long as she could remember . |
| 15 | Perkin tried to pull them apart and got smartly knocked down by Nolan , quick and tough with his fists as with his riding . |
| 16 | I saw a whole host of caterpillar tracks near the entrance of the Channel Tunnel , started to follow one on my hands and knees — and got promptly knocked down by a bulldozer … ! |
| 17 | When Lotty and Rose finally arrived , they were discomfited to find Mrs Fisher , a formidable widow , and Lady Dester , a bored society beauty trying to escape male attention , already in residence . |
| 18 | The satisfaction with which the new prayer book was received and used quickly resulted in a request that the Burmese hymn book should be revised and enlarged , and I was asked to be the editor and secretary of the small revision committee . |
| 19 | He was told about Sutton and Penge depôts which he visited and found well run , particularly Penge for fear of losing face with the Corporation , who maintained high standards . |
| 20 | The technique evolved from the introduction of percutaneous cholecystostomy as an alternative to surgical cholecystostomy and utilised well established technicues for dilating percutaneous tracts and stone extraction . |
| 21 | A splashy Belle-epoque tableau literally bursting at the edges with tumbling patrons leaping from the stage , frantic dancers , several pairs of identical twins and top-hatted gentlemen consorting with masked beauties , it was most entertaining decoration , and seemed reasonably estimated at $100–150,000 , though it sold to an American collector ( widely believed to be Iris and Gerald Cantor ) for a stunning $650,000 ( £373,500 ) . |
| 22 | The methodological challenges sketched above are considerable , and seemed best tackled in a stage-by-stage manner . |
| 23 | ‘ Leith , ’ he said , but his look was no warmer , no less arrogant than it had been all morning , ‘ you do n't … ’ he went on , and seemed slightly stuck for words . |
| 24 | Fresh doubts were raised here : the mare was bathed in sweat and seemed uncharacteristically agitated and disinclined for the job in hand . |
| 25 | She had no Cabinet intimate and seemed increasingly isolated on her lofty eminence . |
| 26 | Paisley accused Craig of proposing UDI and seemed most committed to the complete integration of Ulster with the mainland if the old majority-rule Stormont could not be reintroduced . |
| 27 | When my parents did eventually reply , their letter was full of the most ordinary details of life in England and seemed far removed from my experiences in the Legion . |
| 28 | Wishart , on his visits to Hamilton Terrace , began to realise that Minton never listened to wise advice and seemed almost frightened of intelligent people . |
| 29 | Bush has pledged cooperation until Clinton 's inauguration on January 20 and seemed almost relieved to be through with a vicious campaign . |
| 30 | Woil looked around him and seemed suddenly confused and unsure of himself . |